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          <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="N104D3" name="N104D3"></a>Perldoc</h2>
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    <p>To retrieve Perldoc information, select a keyword or text and choose <span class=
    "guimenuitem">Perldoc</span> from the context menu or press <span class=
    "keycap"><strong>Shift</strong></span>+<span class=
    "keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>H</strong></span>. If
    nothing is selected, an input dialog will appear.</p>

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    <p>The search is performed among built-in Perl functions, FAQs from the Perl documentation, and
    modules on the include path (see <a class="xref" href="ch03s02.html#include-path">the section
    called “Perl Include Path”</a>). If Perldoc entries are found, they are displayed inside the
    <span class="guilabel">Perldoc</span> view.</p>

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      <p>Perldoc has to be installed and available in the system PATH, otherwise this feature will
      not work.</p>
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